Councillors agree with protesters

Thu, 23 Sep 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Hundreds of students staged a noisy
protest as the 64 new members of the South Sumatra legislature
were sworn in on Wednesday.

The protesters demanded that the councillors sign a political
contract, in which they vow to stay clear of corruption and focus
on improving people's welfare in designing policies.

However, only 20 of the new council members agreed to sign the
contract, which also stated that they were ready to resign if
they were proven to have been involved in corruption cases. The
signatories included Syaiful Islam, Jamal R. Haki, Fatimah Rais,
A. Gantada, Darmadi Jufri and Iqbal Romzi. --JP

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